Letters to the Editor
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There is one massive, gaping hole in this whole story.
See, all of this discussion and argument about economics and whatnot is completely immaterial. In fact, Obama is proven right not by economists or the reality of global warming, but by pure, plain, simple politics.
You see, neither Clinton nor McCain, nor even Obama, will be President this summer. They will all, however, continue to be sitting Senators, a position of not inconsequential power. If Ms. Clinton wishes to have a gas-tax holiday this summer, there is one avenue, and only one, in which she can pursue such a goal: the United States Senate. Mr. McCain's options are similarly limited.
So the emptiness of Ms. Clinton's and Mr. McCain's rhetoric is proven not by economic theory but by political fact: neither of them has introduced a bill in the Senate. Until they do, their words are clearly nothing more than pandering.